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Literature - Why It Matters by Robert Eaglestone
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
'Facts alone are wanted in life, ' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens' Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-en ...Show more
Philosophy - Why It Matters by Helen Beebee; Michael Rush
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Category: Reference | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
We constantly disagree with each other on issues of fundamental importance. Does God exist? Should the latest scientific findings be trusted? Are there innate psychological differences between men and women? In four lively chapters, Beebee and Rush explain philosophy's role in addressing such questions ...Show more
Politics - Why It Matters by Andrew Gamble
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for women ...Show more
Theology and Religion - Why It Matters by Graham Ward
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand politics, world affairs, and the nature of humanity itself. Religion can be used to justify inhumane actions, but it also feeds dreams, inspires hopes, and shapes a ...Show more
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